« Searching for Blog Posts with Technorati
Microsoft: Please add me to your Ferrari Mailing List »
Dec
28th

Searching for Blog Posts with Google Blog Search

Posted in Blogging, Marketing, SEM by User ImageDouglas Karr at 6:45 pm

This morning I posted about using Technorati to search blog posts. Today, Hitwise reports that Google Blog Searches have now surpassed Technorati blog searches.

Unfortunately, Google’s Search is accomplished through a more complex querystring and not simply by utilizing the URL path, but it works largely the same as Technorati’s. As with Technorati, you can also subscribe to the RSS feed of the search. Again, this is a great tool for creating ‘news alerts’ for yourself via RSS.

I’ve not compared the results in detail yet. At first glance, it appears that Google may be fully leveraging it’s capacity and finding entries much sooner than Technorati, though. That may not be good news for Technorati!

Yesterday I showed you a search for Adobe and Apollo in Technorati. Here’s the same search with Google Blog Search and the result. Interestingly enough, look what comes up first?! Hmmmm.

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=adobe+apollo&btnG=Search+BlogsGoogle Blog Search


Google Blog Search is still beta. You’ll see in the snapshot above that a couple images never resolved. When I tried to refresh the page a few times, I was redirected to a 404 page as well.

RSS feed | Trackback URI

Comments »

No comments yet.

Name (required)
E-mail (required - never shown publicly)
URI
Your Comment (smaller size | larger size)
You may use <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> in your comment.

My Comment Policy: I moderate comments. Please be patient:

  • Spam will happily be destroyed.
  • Use your real name, not some keywords. Otherwise it will be destroyed.
  • Mean comments aren't necessary. If I don't post them I will reply personally to let you know why.
  • Lewd comments will be edited, I don't want my readers leaving because of offensive content.
Great debate, criticism and colorful commentary is always appreciated and approved!